mo4ch:>Council demanded payment card details via email
Council demanded payment card details via email
Council demanded payment card details via email
By Leo Kelion
Technology desk editor
20 June 2018
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Residents were told they had to email in the payment form to apply for a parking bay suspension
A London council's data protection efforts are under review after it told residents to email in their payment card details for parking bay suspensions via a Word document.Islington Council had required residents to share the security code from the rear of their cards, as well as their address, among other details.One security expert said this appeared to be a breach of the payment card industry's security rules.The system has now been suspended."We have begun an internal investigation into the process of applying for and paying for parking bay suspensions," a spokeswoman for the local authority told the BBC.
"In the short term, we have removed that form from our website.&q…
Council demanded payment card details via email
By Leo Kelion
Technology desk editor
20 June 2018
Image copyright
Getty Images
Image caption
Residents were told they had to email in the payment form to apply for a parking bay suspension
A London council's data protection efforts are under review after it told residents to email in their payment card details for parking bay suspensions via a Word document.Islington Council had required residents to share the security code from the rear of their cards, as well as their address, among other details.One security expert said this appeared to be a breach of the payment card industry's security rules.The system has now been suspended."We have begun an internal investigation into the process of applying for and paying for parking bay suspensions," a spokeswoman for the local authority told the BBC.
"In the short term, we have removed that form from our website.&q…